Staff

Scientific committee

Prof. Avv. Lorenzo Schiano di Pepe, LL.M. co-ordinator

Professore associato of International Law at the University of Genoa, where he teaches European Union Law I and Law of the Sea, he is a partner at Studio Legale Afferni Crispo & C.

Graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Genoa in 1997, he has obtained a Master’s Degree (LL.M. International Business Law) from the University of London in 1999 and a Master’s Degree (LL.M. International Legal Studies) from Georgetown University of Washington, DC in 2000 as a Fulbright fellow. He has been granted a Ph.D. in International Law from the University of Milan (Statale) in 2004.

He is frequently invited as a speaker at national and international scientific conferences and has published widely in the area of international and European environmental law, European Union institutional law, international and European transport law, law of the sea and private international law.

Prof. Dr. Andree Kirchner, LL.M.

University of Applied Sciences of Bremerhaven and Institute for the Law of the Sea and International Marine Environmental Law (ISRIM), Bremen

Prof. Dr. Kirchner is Founding Director of the Institute for the Law of the Sea and International Marine Environmental Law (ISRIM), particularly for aspects in international law.

He is professor of international law at the University of Applied Sciences in Bremerhaven since 2007, where he is teaching in the programmes “Maritime Technologies” and “Integrated Safety and Security Management” since 2005. Moreover he has had several teaching assignments:

since 2004 as Visiting Fellow at the IMO International Maritime Law Institute (IMLI), Malta;

2001-2009 as lecturer at the Master Programme “European and International Law” at the Bremen University;

2000-2007 as Resource Person at the UNEP/UNESCO/BMU International Postgraduate Training Programme on Environmental Management for Developing and Emerging Countries at the Centre for International Postgraduate Studies on Environmental Management(CIPSEM) of the Technical University Dresden.

Moreover, he is Counsel at the law firm MLS Legal GmbH – Rechtsanwalts- und Fachanwaltsgesellschaft in Bremen/Berlin.

Prof. Dr. Iris Kirchner-Freis, LL.M.

University of Bremen and Institute for the Law of the Sea and International Marine Environmental Law (ISRIM), Bremen

Prof. Dr. Iris Kirchner-Freis is Director of the Institute for the Law of the Sea and International Marine Environmental Law (ISRIM), particularly for aspects in EU law.

She is a professor at Bremen University. She is also a guest lecturer at theJacobs University Bremen and at the University of Applied Sciences Bremerhaven, in the programmes “Maritime Technologies” and “Integrated Safety and Security Management”.

Moreover, she is managing director of the law firm MLS Legal GmbH – Rechtsanwalts- und Fachanwaltsgesellschaft in Bremen/Berlin. She is attorney-at-law since 2001 as well as certified lawyer in copyright and media law and certified lawyer in intellectual property law.

Prof. Dr. Kirchner-Freis is practicing EU law since 1997. After her studies in the Master’s Programme at the Europa-Institute of Saarland University, she worked in several European States as lawyer and legal counsel.

Speakers

Dr. Vasco Becker-Weinberg, LL.M.

Legal Adviser, Secretary of State of the Sea of the Portuguese Government